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Re: Vex Powerpack (quick dying battery)

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Originally Posted by ddmflame
Hi everyone, I have a question about he vex power pack I bought from radio-shack about a month ago. I haven't had much time time to toy with it until about a week ago. It seems like the battery dies within abut 5 minutes of playing with it. I find this odd behavior, especially after letting it charge for over 3 hours like instructions say. Is this normal behavior or is mine particularly defective. Here are my robots specs:

2 servos
underneath a

Box Metal Frame

attached to
4 wheels

Being a first timer I just followed the design from the binder.

Please reply to this if you have an answer. Thanks!
OK... so this is the standard square bot that's inside the binder, etc. etc. Should work without a problem as long as the battery is charged. So what I would first do is charge the battery again. If the light is blinking after a while, I know it might be risky but unplug, and charge again. Might be worth it, because I have had such a problem with my battery and doing that just ONCE has improved the battery life a considerable bit.

But if that doesn't work, then look into the warranty thing. Just be sure to try everything
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